5 Minute Prep Potato Side- For Indoor and Outdoor Cooking

White, red, purple, fingerling, Russet, mashed, baked, scalloped, with other veggies, smothered in cheese, a dollop of butter or if your THAT kind of person, some sour cream, chives and bacon crumbles… we do not discriminate, it’s all good in potato land. 🙂

Years ago we attended a cook out at a friend’s house.

I LOVE watching friends cook and assisting their process!!

I learn so much!

It’s fun to see quirks and habits they have picked up over the years. 🙂

This friend was prepping little foil packets with potatoes and onions to throw on her BBQ. I was interested!

They turned out AMAZING!

Super Simple, frugally inexpensive to make for larger groups of people and can be made in your oven or on your BBQ- At Home or Camping!

I’ve made them for over a decade now, sometimes adding a little extra spice, extra veggies or sprig of herbs for a zazzy spin on our favorite side dish.

We’ve always called it…

POTATOES AND ONIONS

Grab the potatoes you have on hand… I happened to score these on sale 10lbs. for .99 cents! LOVE a great sale!

If you are prepping this for your home oven: You will need a good sized rectangular casserole dish.

You may also bake the tin foil packets in your oven, if weather takes a turn or plans change… allow 5 extra minutes to bake. 🙂

Chop your onion into diced chunks.

Slice your washed potatoes into 1/4 inch slices or thinner. I usually use about 12 potatoes… 2 potatoes per person so we have dinner +leftovers. 🙂

Toss your potatoes and onions into your casserole dish. For BBQ, cut a large enough rectangles of aluminum foil for a personal servings. Place roughly a handful of your sliced potatoes per foil packet and a desired amount of onions ( even people who dislike onions like this so don’t be afraid to add that onion).

Sprinkle your casserole dish and each of your foil packets with your garlic salt, seasoned salt and pepper as desired.

(You may add herbs, bell peppers, zucchini, veggies and/or other spices here if you want… it’s already fantastic alone but feel free to be creative. When we’re out camping sometimes I’ll add seasoned pre-cooked ground beef or left over chicken chunks to make it a meal in one packet.)

Cut a half a stick of butter into small chunks and sprinkle it over your casserole dish. For BBQ: Place a chunk of butter into each of your foil packets.

You may also use Olive Oil in place of butter… Lightly drizzle your casserole dish and the potatoes in foil packets lightly with olive oil instead of butter.

Place your casserole dish into your oven or BBQ for 30-40 minutes.

I wait until the potatoes on top are a bit on the crispy side… that way the dish has a really neat texture. You may certainly take it out when it’s just nicely browned. 🙂

3 comments

Tina

There’s nothing better than potatoes and onions as a side dish in my mind!
Or for the main dish for that matter. Looks delicious!
Came over from TGIF blog hop and am a new follower~ have a great weekend!
~Tina